High Swan
High Swan rises to 1,300 m in North Carolina. Craggy Dome stands 1,853 m to the east-northeast, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is The Den, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway runs past it.
The story
mountain in North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31627670, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1300 m
How to reach it
- On the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 7.4 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 8.3 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 10.1 mi off the Drovers Road
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Rocky Knob: 0.7 mi
- Swan Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Rich Knob: 1.2 mi
- Richland Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Richland Knob: 1.4 mi
- Mountain Biking Pump Track: 3.3 mi
- The Slabs: 3.4 mi
- Lower Slab: 3.4 mi
- Formal Gardens: 3.6 mi
- Christmas Tree Stand: 3.7 mi
- Cascades Falls: 5.7 mi
- Douglas Falls: 6.0 mi
- Lake Louise Falls: 6.8 mi
- Glassmine Falls: 8.5 mi
- Walker Falls: 8.5 mi
- The Den: 0.4 mi
- Potato House: 0.4 mi
- Caretaker's Cabin: 0.4 mi
- Tool Shed: 0.4 mi
- Spring House: 0.4 mi
- Griffing Rose Garden: 5.7 mi
- Elder & Sage Community Garden: 7.4 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 7.8 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 8.3 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 9.0 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 3.1 mi
- Flat Iron Statue: 7.4 mi
- Deco Gecko: 7.4 mi
- Passage: 7.5 mi
- Wake: 7.7 mi
- Dry Ridge Historical Museum: 6.8 mi
- Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 7.1 mi
- Bob Moog Foundation: 7.2 mi
- Asheville Art Museum: 7.2 mi
- Asheville Museum of Science: 7.3 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 6.9 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 7.2 mi
- Ironland: 7.4 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 9.3 mi
- Biltmore Estate: 10.2 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 5.6 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 6.1 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 6.5 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 9.6 mi
- Rocky Knob: 9.7 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 8.7 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 11.7 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 19.3 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 20.7 mi
- The Pinnacles: 20.8 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 9.7 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 10.6 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 10.9 mi
- Crystal Spring: 24.3 mi
- Lenox Spring: 24.5 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 16.8 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 16.9 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 24.4 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 24.5 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 24.5 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 12.8 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 17.1 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 20.7 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 24.1 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 15.8 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 20.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.9 miles of High Swan. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Craggy Dome | ENE 59° | 1,853 m | 5.7 mi |
| Craggy Pinnacle | ENE 57° | 1,780 m | 5.1 mi |
| Craggy Knob | ENE 65° | 1,699 m | 4.2 mi |
| Snowball Mountain | NE 44° | 1,626 m | 3.7 mi |
| Bearpen Knob | NE 53° | 1,603 m | 4.2 mi |
| Lane Pinnacle | NE 55° | 1,583 m | 2.2 mi |
| Rich Knob | NNE 24° | 1,500 m | 1.2 mi |
| Hawkbill Rock | NE 36° | 1,499 m | 3.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:41 | 17:21 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 41 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 57 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N FK 2, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1020760 — High Swan, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357807689
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- Asheville · 8 mi
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